{"id":3512,"date":"2025-07-28T20:12:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T20:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unionbaptistwp.org\/?post_type=sermon&#038;p=3512"},"modified":"2025-07-28T20:12:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T20:12:59","slug":"the-parable-of-the-builders","status":"publish","type":"sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.unionbaptistwp.org\/staging\/sermon\/the-parable-of-the-builders\/","title":{"rendered":"The Parable of the Builders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mattherw 7:21-29 | NKJV<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I Never Knew You<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><sup><strong>21<\/strong>\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cNot everyone who says to Me,\u00a0\u2018Lord, Lord,\u2019 shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who\u00a0does the will of My Father in heaven.\u00a0<sup><strong>22<\/strong>\u00a0<\/sup>Many will say to Me in that day, \u2018Lord, Lord, have we\u00a0not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?\u2019\u00a0<sup><strong>23<\/strong>\u00a0<\/sup>And\u00a0then I will declare to them, \u2018I never knew you;\u00a0depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Build on the Rock<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><sup><strong>24<\/strong>\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cTherefore\u00a0whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:\u00a0<sup><strong>25<\/strong>\u00a0<\/sup>and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup><strong>26<\/strong>\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cBut everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand:\u00a0<sup><strong>27<\/strong>\u00a0<\/sup>and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. 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